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quinta-feira, 6 de junho de 2013

NAFC 2013 flash report: Ceetee!

Still in the 'aftermath' of the NAF Championship held the 25th and 26th of May (2013), I've managed to get a flash report from fellow TFF'er Ceetee, about his games in this year's tournament.
Here's his take on the event:

Well the NAFC has come and gone, and it was a great experience. I went with
my brother and because a lot of us stayed at the venue, the socialising was
brilliant. So how about the games?
I took Elves with 2 Blitzers, 2 Catchers, a Thrower and 6 Linos, with 3RRs and
an Apo.

Game 1 - Made of Welsh (Goblins)

Two chainsaws looked a lot of trouble against my AV7 - fortunately, Nobbla kicked
back in turn 1, then a 3d blitz took the other off the pitch. A slow grind,
hitting as many gobboes as possible lead to 1-0 at the half, and 2-0 at the
end.

Game 2 - DaBoar (Dwarf)
Dwarves are not an Elves' favourite opponent, but some elf stalling led to 1-0
at halftime. DaBoar ground down the field. However, a tiny positioning error
allowed me to surf his runner in turn 6 of the second half, so I ran out 1-0
winner. I was given some D6s from his club, too - thanks!

Game 3 - Jericho (Dwarf)
My second Italian opponent, my second Dwarf opponent! A similar game to the
last, 1-0 up, but then some great work from Jericho saw him hand off to score
the equalizer turn 16 - close all the way through and a great game.

Game 4 - Podfrey (Dwarf)

Great. Dwarves again and this time Podfrey. I kicked again and did a good job
of slowing the drive up. However, a half-hearted attempt at mobbing the cage allowed
Geoff to push through and score at the half. The second half started with some
ridiculous positioning on my part, which quite rightly got my all carrier
catcher surfed. A lucky throw-in got me back in the game and I equalised in
turn 5. A deep kick made it a little trickier, but 6 GFIs later, (including a
reroll on the last one!) Geoff won the game 2-1 and went on to win the League
championship.

Game 5 - Stick (Norse)
A complete and utter dicing. Stick is an excellent player, but his dice were
dreadful, whilst mine were astounding. Nothing he tried worked, whilst
everything I attempted came off. A one-sided 5-0 win that seems more and more
ridiculous the more I think of it. Sorry Stick!

Game 6 - Wilzif (Undead)
The last game, and the chance to face an opponent whom I last played 5 years
ago. Wilf received the kickoff and set about smashing my Elves. I used my Apo
early on a Wrestle lino which meant I couldn't use it on my Blitzer in the next
turn. I got plenty of shots at his Blodge ghoul ball carriers, but Wilf worked
the ball into the endzone turn 8. In the second half, he got a great shot on my
ball carrier and wound up a deserved 2-0 winner.

So, 3-1-2 and a great weekend.

I will definitely be back next year at the best attended tourney in the UK.
All the best,
Ceetee (*)

(*) Ceetee played with the Drones Club (Pro Elf team), and
managed to get a very respectable 53rd place out of 156 coaches. Well done mate, and thank you for sparing the time to let us know how things went for you!